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Board approves election workers, recognizes BCNEA negotiating unit and amends teacher sick-leave policy
Summary
At its Jan. 15 meeting the Barnes County North School Board appointed election workers, approved an unpaid-leave request, recognized the BCNEA negotiating unit under NDCC and amended the teacher-funded sick-leave-bank policy to require one donated sick day 10 days after contract start for new hires.
The Barnes County North School Board on Jan. 15 carried several personnel and governance items: appointment of election workers, approval of an unpaid-leave request, recognition of a teacher negotiating unit petition from BCNEA under North Dakota law, and adoption of a clarifying amendment to the district’s teacher-funded sick-leave bank policy.
The board appointed Rolene Richards, Al Gering, Mary Plumb and Joanne Jorrison as election workers after a motion and roll-call approval. It also approved an unpaid-leave request submitted in writing by Melissa Bitts for Feb. 12, 2025; the board approved the request by motion and roll call.
On labor relations, the board received a petition from the Barnes County North Education Association (BCNEA), signed by Krista Almond and citing NDCC 15.1-16-10, seeking recognition of an appropriate negotiating unit of certified classroom teachers. The board moved to recognize that unit and approved the motion on roll call.
The board then considered and amended paragraph 2 of the teacher-funded sick-leave-bank policy. The adopted amendment clarified that a teacher hired after Sept. 1 may participate by investing one sick day into the bank due 10 days after the contract start date (language amended from "due 10 school days from the contract start date" to "due 10 days after the contract start date" by board amendment and vote). Board members discussed prorating of leave for midyear hires and agreed the contract is prorated but the one-day investment remains required.
Finally, the board voted to give a newly hired teacher, Angel Nelson, until the end of day Tuesday, Jan. 21, to decide whether she would donate a sick day to the bank; the motion passed on roll call. The board adjourned at the end of the meeting and noted the next regular meeting date and an upcoming canvassing meeting.
